Richard T. Scott (born 1980) is an American Baroque painter and writer living and working between the Hudson Valley, New York and Savannah, Georgia, where he teaches at the Savannah College of Art and Design. His paintings are in the permanent collections of museums in North America, Europe, and Asia. He was formerly a member of the Artistic Infusion Program, a group of artists and illustrators contracted to design coins and Congressional Medals for the United States Mint. Coin World, May 22, 2014.
Biography
Scott pursued a BFA in painting in the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia, followed by an MFA in painting from the New York Academy of Art. After graduation he worked for two years as a painter for Jeff Koons, then three years as a studio assistant to Odd Nerdrum in Norway and Paris, France. Scott worked for the United States Mint from 2014-2018. Newington Cropsey Cultural Studies Foundation, September 2017.
Art career Scott is known for his classically influenced history paintings and narrative portraits.[url=http://www.rfi.fr/en/culture/20111001-oh-mirror-exhibition] Radio France International, Jan 10, 2011 His current body of work explores the historical origins and legacy of systemic and social discrimination as well as gun violence in American Culture.[cite web|url=https://combustus.com/boulevard-broken-dreams-richard-t-scott-paints-americas-identity-crisis|title=Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Combustus Magazine The first major piece in the series "When the Man Comes Around" is in the permanent collection of the Georgia Museum of Art. His largest work to date, "Hearts of Men" was unveiled at Paul Booth Gallery in New York City August 2016. His second major work "New Amsterdam", which traces the legacy of slavery in America from the Dutch settlers to mass incarceration, was unveiled at Spalding Nix Fine Art in Atlanta, GA in February 2018., "City Lights", interview by Lois Reitzes, February 14, 2018.
Donald Kuspit has said that "Adam Miller, David Molesky and Richard T. Scott are what I have called New Old Masters; that is, they use Old Master styles to mediate modern reality and to give emotional and cognitive depth to events that the mass media would treat superficially (one more momentarily hot news story, here today, gone tomorrow)".
Scott is a contributing author to The Nerdrum School, a collection of paintings and essays by students of Odd Nerdrum.[The Nerdrum School] Huffington Post Scott is a proponent of an alternative philosophical superstructure for figurative painting, which he calls a Post-contemporary paradigm, separate from that of the Contemporary Art world.Michael Klein , [American Painting Video Magazine] Volume II, Winter 2012.
Scott has designed coins for the United States Mint: notably, the 2016 Fort Moultrie quarter. Coin News, Nov 14, 2016 as well as the private American Mint. Richard Scott was also the first to design an African American Liberty for the U.S. Mint's 2015 High Relief coin. Coinworld, Jan 26, 2015
In 2010, Scott told the New York Times that Facebook was censoring classical paintings of nudes, which had been deleted from the accounts of many painters as well as established institutions such as the New York Academy of Art.Miguel Helft The New York Times, Feb 2011.
Scott's work was included the book Kitsch More than Art.[Kitsch: More than Art] Schibsted Forlag, September 30, 2011
Collections New Britain Museum of American Art Georgia Museum of Art, The Museu Europeu d'Art Modern, Barcelona The Museum of Contemporary Art Sicily Palazzo Riso Sea Island, Georgia Adoro Museum of Art, Philippines
References
External links official website Online exhibition of Richard T. Scott